Based on what evidence? Your intuition? Gut feeling? Internal source in NE? Reporting?
And I'd ask the same thing of everyone else here pounding the Wolf drum: What evidence exists that he has brought unique value to the Patriots and that the team's front-office would struggle in his absence?
I mean that completely sincerely. If there is good, legitimate evidence that Wolf has injected new ideas and approaches to the Patriots front-office that otherwise would not exist, then I'll stand right next to you pounding the drum for the team to make every effort to retain him. The thing is, though, I don't think this evidence really exists to a layperson who doesn't work for the Patriots. I think everyone here advocating for Wolf are doing so based on their personal, subjective whims and instincts, which is essentially an opinion with little-to-no evidence. It might be right, but there is no evidence that it's right.
So again, I completely genuinely/sincerely ask the Wolf proponents to present the evidence that he's a uniquely talented general manager and that the team would struggle in his absence. And when I say evidence, I don't mean a single-year correlation with a (likely) better-than-average draft class; I mean legitimate evidence in the form of quotes from Patriots personnel, researched stories, etc, that details the work Wolf does with the team. Or, if you're well-connected to internal Patriots sources, share what those folks tell you.
My totally subjective, gut-feeling is that the Patriots front-office will be more than fine whether or not Eliot Wolf is working for them.
